THIS WEEK’S DALLAS-FORT WORTH DEAL SHEET

December 23, 2014

Looking to capitalize on Uptown’s reputation as the place for office for up-and-coming young professionals, Florida-based AccessoPartners(formerly Beacon Investment Properties), brought on JLL to lease its 121k SF 2626 Cole with plans to reposition the boutique property within the highly competitive Uptown market,Bisnow learned first.

Accesso Partners Dallas asset manager Abbey Rowsey (who joined Accesso from Cushman & Wakefield in August, when Accesso changed its name) tells us the building is 96% leased, but the rent roll is coming up and the firm is hoping to retain or attract the right tenant base. Accesso selected JLL SVP JayBailey and associate Ahnie Gampper to exclusively rep the building because of their Uptown landlord rep experience. 2626 Cole will see some upgrades.

Here’s Abbey’s 3-year-old Collins and 9-month-old Paul V with Santa. Abbey tells us her wish list includes upgrading Accesso’s profile throughout Dallas and looking for more large Class-A institutional grade products to expand the portfolio and improve existing assets. The firm already owns 1.2M SF across 10 buildings including 500k SF in Freeport in Las Colinas and 400k SF in Legacy across three buildings, in addition to the Uptown property (which was acquired from TA two years ago) and a couple of smaller buildings in Richardson and Dallas. (A little Rowsey family history: Abbey tells us her husband is RED Development VP Paul Rowsey IV and her father-in-law is Compatriot Capital CEO Paul Rowsey III. The family is staying home for Christmas this year.)

JLL’s Ahnie and Jay (sporting their Christmas sweaters) tell us that educated, young professionals want to work, live, socialize and play in the center of the action and not waste time commuting or sitting in traffic. Jay tells us that45% of Uptown Dallas consisted of 25- to 34-year-olds in 2012, according toDemographics Now. If you’re a midsized to large law firm and your growth is driven by attracting 26- to 29-year-old law school grads, having office space they can walk to or within a short commute gives you a big advantage, he tells us. Additionally, Uptown Dallas officials report households in the submarket havemore than doubled from 4,394 in 2000 to 8,862 in 2012 with 11,497 households forecast for 2017.

LEASES

Venture Commercial Real Estate’s John Zikos and Jonathan Cooperrepped Fitness International in a 38k SF lease for a new LA Fitness in the Frisco Market Center at the northwest corner of Main Street and the Dallas North Tollway in Frisco.John and Jonathan repped the tenant along with Diversified Partners’ Walt Brown Jr and Tim Dollander (master brokers for LA Fitness in the southern US). UCR’s DarrellHernandez repped the landlord,Hermansen Land Development.

HFF’s Mona Carlton, DJ Meagher and Chad Russell arranged acquisition financing for The Lancaster and White Buffalo, two Class-A multifamily properties in Fort Worth. HFF repped the borrower, Bell Partners, to secure the seven-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through New York Life Insurance Co. The Lancaster (built in 2013) has 253 units. White Buffalo (built in 2012) has 63 units.

EXECUTIVE PEOPLE

E Smith Realty Partners added Michael Rareshide and David Stack to its Dallas office as EVP and SVP, respectively. Michael will focus on national corporate accounts while adding mission critical and data center services. David will work in project and development services and be responsible for generating project management and development business. Michael comes from Partners National and David comes from JLL.

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Lee & Associates promoted George Tanghongs and Reid Bassinger toprincipals. George has been with Lee & Associates since 2009 and has been involved in marketing more than 12.5M SF. Reid has also been with the firm since 2009 and specializes in industrial markets of the Southern Region of the US.

SALES

HS Spring Hill sold the 606-unit Spring Hill Apartments at 13750 Maham Rd in Dallas to Spring Hill Investors. The Cantrell Co’s Sam Pettigrew repped the seller in the direct deal. He also repped Oak Creek Holdings (the seller) in the sale of the 108-unit Oak Creek Apartments at2710 W Walnut St in Garland to LHS Oak Creek.

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Hong Rajavong sold an office/warehouse space on 4.5 acres at 1732 E Hicks Field Rd in Fort Worth to North American Carriers Properties.Transwestern’s Sarah LanCarte and Todd Hawpe repped the seller. Providential Realty Partners’ Kevin Archer and Max Schwartzstein repped the buyer.

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Trustees Durward Moore, Lauren Butler,C.M. Edwards and David P. O’Connor sold almost 19 acres at Hwy 161 and January Lane in Grand Prairie to Avera Development. Transwestern’s Joe Rudd repped the seller.

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SRMT Parkwood Crossing purchased 52k SF of land at the southeast corner of Parkwood and SH 121 in Plano from USL Frisco. The Retail Connection’sMitch Traub repped the buyer. Pegasus Ablon’s Jim Ziegler repped the seller.